European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes . Thursday february 17,1994 rampage at Wendy s tied to jealousy Tulsa okla. A the first victim in a shooting spree at a fast food restaurant that wounded six people tuesday was a woman who rebuffed the suspect on Valentine s Day police say. The woman was identified As restaurant worker Ericka Osborn 17, witnesses and police said. She had refused to Date Marcus Muriel Thompson a co worker who was arrested in the parking lot of the Wendy s old fashioned hamburgers according to her Mother. Thompson 26, had asked out Osborn several times said her Mother Susan Davis. He was rebuffed on Val Entine s Day Only minutes before a dozen red roses arrived for Osborn from her Boyfriend. Jealousy got the Best of him and i guess he could t handle it Davis told the Tulsa world newspaper police were not discussing a motive. Just before the shootings Thompson argued with the restaurant manager Doug Bowen about whether he had to Start work Early sgt. Steve Emmons said. Then he came out in the seating area and had everybody lie Down he hesitated a bit then just started firing up to a dozen shots from a .38-caliber handgun Emmons said. The gunfire seriously injured Osborn and Bowen 37, who was shot in the head. Stacy Burgess 15, and Rich Ard Goldrick 47, also were in serious condition Hospi Tal officials said. Heather Rowe 16, was in fair Condi Tion and Christina Ferris 16, was treated and released. Thompson was jailed on six complaints of shooting with intent to kill. No formal charges had been filed. God i love America Thompson said As he was led to the jail. Freedom of speech. Freedom of the press. I love Jenny Edwards an East Central High school Stu. Dent said she was eating lunch with her friends when the gunman started firing. We did t get out in time. He tried twice to shoot me she said. He said do you believe in god i Marcus Muriel Thompson was jailed in the shooting that left six people wounded in Tulsa okla., on tuesday. Said yes he said do you go to Church i said yes he said you better be thanking your god right now because the clip is empty " Thompson was charged last year with shooting a woman in the Back As she used a pay phone outside a convenience store but prosecutors dropped the Case when the victim disappeared. At the time Thompson was examined by a court appointed psychologist who pronounced him not mentally ill and not a threat to others. Allan Rowan director of Tulsa operations for Wendy a said Thompson had Given no indication of trouble in his work and relations with other employees. The company uses psychological testing and intensive screening Only for management positions Rowan said. It was the second multiple shooting since 1992 at a restaurant in Tulsa. In August 1992, four restaurant employees died in a late night robbery at a fast food Chicken restaurant about four Miles from tuesday s shooting. Tapes from hidden devices played in cult trial by the new York times san Antonio Federal prosecutors rested their Case tuesday in the trial of 11 Branch davidians accused of killing four Federal agents during a botched weapons raid on the cult s compound nearly a year ago. The prosecution s final Day began with the playing of audio recordings made with 11 eavesdropping devices planted in the cult s compound Between March 3 and april 19. Prosecutors said the tapes showed that cult members had conspired to destroy themselves and their com Pound by fire if Federal agents moved in which they did on april 19 using tanks equipped with battering rams and tear Gas to end a 51-Day standoff. Nearly 80 people died As the compound near Waco Texas burned. The standoff began feb. 28 when a botched raid by agents of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms ended in a gunfight in which four agents and six cult Mem Bers died. The agents had attempted to serve search and arrest warrants on the cult s Leader David Koresh. Defense lawyers challenged the accuracy of Tran scripts of the tapes provided to the jury pointing to in consistencies Between the jury s copy and earlier ver Sions Given to the defense. = for example a line described for the jury tuesday As so we Only Light emas they come in had been Tran scribed earlier As so we Only Light emas soon As they Tell me it s the last Chance right under Cross examination the prosecution s audio expert Paul Ginsberg admitted altering the transcripts after meeting with the chief prosecutor Ray Jahn Over the weekend. But Ginsberg said the changes had been made for technical reasons. 3 sure Steps to higher paying Job skills from Mac Rideu Iii cwt buteo How study to Touw hands on training with . 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Only 45.2 percent of surveyed employees children had received recommended immunizations by age 2, and Only 55.3 percent were up to Date at age 6, the re searchers reported in wednesday s Issue of the journal of the american medical association. That was True even though 80 percent to 100 percent of immunization costs were covered under the three health plans offered to employees. Many parents said multiple problems got in the Way of taking their children for shots. Nearly 16 percent cited an inability to get off work 13.4 percent complained of Long Waits to see a physician 11.8 per cent said Cost was a Factor 5.9 percent blamed doctors office hours 5.2 percent cited getting an appointment and 1.6 percent pointed to transportation. Or. Edgar k. Marcuse a spokesman for the american Academy of paediatrics said the study confirms what he and his colleagues have believed to be True. It s one thing to have insurance cover. 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